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[ NNSquad ] Germany's Constitutional Court held that EU data retention laws are unconstitutional in Germany
----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:43:11 -0500 From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] Germany's Constitutional Court held that EU data retention laws are unconstitutional in Germany Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: > From: Alex French <alex@evilal.com> > Date: March 3, 2010 10:57:21 AM EST > To: dave@farber.net > Cc: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> > Subject: Re: [IP] Germany's Constitutional Court held that EU data > retention laws are unconstitutional in Germany > > Dave, > > The headline and excerpt are misleading, The court specifically upheld > the EU directive, but ruled that the way that it was transposed into > German law was flawed and not sufficiently specific. > > Every EU country is transposing this Directive into national law (most > have already done so) but this process is filled with uncertainty as > local lawmakers often try and stuff extra things into the transposed > law; they can sometimes get away with this but unless they stay fairly > close to the original Directive, they risk a constitutional issue such > as this. > > -- > Alex > > > On 3 March 2010 15:05, David Farber <dave@farber.net> wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Sandra Keegan <sandra.keegan@gmail.com> > Date: March 3, 2010 9:56:32 AM EST > To: dave@farber.net > Subject: Germany's Constitutional Court held that EU data retention > laws are unconstitutional in Germany > > "The highest court in Germany yesterday ruled that a central plank of > anti-terrorist security legislation in the European Union, requiring the > storage of at least six months' worth of telephone and internet data, > was contrary to the country's fundamental law." > > > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6191de8-2663-11df-aff3-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 > > Archives > ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----